Pouzolzia. | OXXIIIp. URTICACEA (Rendle). 289 
2. P. Dewevrei, De Wild. & Th. Durand in Comptes-rendus Soc. Roy. 
Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 53. A weak herb 14-2 ft. high; stem suberect, 
diffusely branched above, pubescent; branches hirtellous, internodes 
3-1} in. long. Leaves membranous, ovate, rather long-acuminate, 
base more or less acute or rounded, margin entire, 114} in. long, 
2-2 in. wide, 3-nerved, with 2 lateral nerves on each side above, 
curving upwards towards the margin, green above, dotted white with 
cystoliths, sparsely hairy and rugose, beneath with white cottony 
hairs, and long hairs on the prominent nerves ; petiole 3 in. to 19 in. 
long. Stipules ovate, subulate, long-acuminate, 24-44 lin. long, 
with rather long cilia. Flower-clusters axillary, few-flowered, 
androgynous. Male perianth 4-partite, segments hairy; anthers 
white. Fruiting perianth ovate, about 1 lin. long, irregularly 
tibbed, hairy, closely investing the dirty white or brown polished 
achene.—De Wild. & Th. Durand, Relig. Dewevr. 221; Th. & Heél. 
Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 513. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Stanley Pool district, Moé, Dewévre, 728. 
The authors place this species near P. abyssinica, BI. 
3. P. Batesii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1917, 202. Three to five feet 
high ; stems reddish-brown and woody below with a thin separable 
bark, puberulous in younger portions; branches slender, ascending, 
leafy at the upper nodes. Leaves alternate, long-stalked, the smaller 
ones on weak lateral branches, often shortly stalked, ovate, markedly 
acuminate, base rounded or blunt, margin entire, 1-3} in. long, 
1} in. wide, apex up to 2 in. long, 3-nerved, with 2 to 3 lateral 
herves above on either side, basal lateral nerves curving upwards 
above the middle to unite within the margin, nerves and veins slender, 
prominent beneath ; upper face very sparsely hairy, scabridulous with 
dot-like cystoliths, shortly and somewhat sparsely hairy on margin 
and veins beneath ; petiole very slender, shorter than the leaf, up to 
27 in. long. Stipules glumaceous, ovate, acuminate-caudate, 2-3 
lin. long, midvein conspicuous, margin with scattered long hairs. 
Inflorescences dense, many-flowered, androgynous ; flowers sessile ; 
bracts small. Male perianth deeply 4-partite, segments apiculate, 
glabrescent. Female perianth flask-shaped, glabrous; stigma 
darrow-linear, longer than the perianth. Fruiting perianth ovoid- 
acute, glabrous, longitudinal nerves inconspicuous, about 3 lin. 
long. Achene highly polished, at first white, becoming dark metallic 
brown. P. guineensis, Engl. in Schlechter, West-Afr. Kautsch.- 
Exped. 287 ; not of Benth. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Batanga, Bates, 214! Efulen, Bates, 221! 
Ngoko, Schlechter, 12729 ! 
South Central.’ Belgian Congo: Mangala, Mombongo, Thonner, 153 ! 
4. P. andongensis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 992. An erect 
annual herb, 2-3 ft. high, growing in dense masses; stems very 
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